Steel railroad-tie.



H. R. VENSEL.

STEEL RAILROAD TIE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.8, 1913.

Patented June 3, 1913.

.3 g xm HARRY R. VENSEL, OF CREEKSIDE, PENNSYLVANIA.

STEEL RAILROAD-TIE.

' Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed March 8. 1913.

Patented June 3. 1M3. Serial No. 753,049.

To all about it may concern Be it known that T, I'IARRY RJVnNsnL, acitizen of the United States, residing at reekside, in the county ofIndiana and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and usefull'n'iprovements in Steel Railroad 'lies, of which the following is aspeeilr cation. p

The present invention relates to improvements in ties for railroadrails.

In carrying out my invention it is my purpose to construct a steeltie'it'or railway rails which shall be provided with novel buteli'ective means For securing the rails upon the ties and which alsoshall afford the rails the desired amount of yieldability.

Another object of the invention is the pro vision of a tie of this classwith simple but ell'cetivc rail securim means which will cl.- l'ectivelyprevent eitier an inward or lat eral movement of the rails but whichshall permit of the desirable longitudinal move: ment oi the said tiesincident to the contraction or expansion of the same.

With the above recited objects in view and others which will appearasthe nature of the invention is more fully understood, the im'n'ovement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement ofparts set forth in the following description and falling within thescope of the appended claims.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tie and railsecuring element for a railway rail constructed in accordance with thepresent invention, Fig. 2 is a centrnl longitudinal sectional viewthrough the same, Fig. l is a top plan view of one end of lhe tie, therail sccurii'ig member being removed, and Fig. 0. the rail securing 5 isa sectional view i is a perspective view member of the tie, Fig. takenin line with the pivot which eonncctsthe stem with the rail clamps, andlooking; upwardly or toward the bottom l'accs ot' the clamps.

lie'terring now to the drawings in detail. the immoral l designatesalie. This tie embodies a base flange 9 which is centrally provided witha vertically :irrangei'l longitudinally extending web 3 which isintogrally formed with an enlarged head 4. The tie. it will thus benoted, resembles in cross section the end of an ordinary railway rail.The web and head of the tie are arranged at a suitable angle near theends of the said tie, so that the dirt may be tightly tamped between thehead and base of the tie l l l l at the ends thereof, and furthermore sothat the angular ends 5 will he so engaged by the earth as lo preventthe longitudinal movennnt ol' the lies. The ties adjacent theirtransverse ends are formed with web and head enlargements, which mav bedes ignated by the numerals G and l" respectively. "lhe enlarged headsand webs have their outer longitudinal 'laees parallel with each otherand in a plane with the longitudinal edges of the base flange of the ticand the enlarged head is formed with a transversely arranged depressedportion 7' which is of a width approximately equal to the width of thebase llange of the rail it and upon which the said base flange isadapted to rest. The enlarged portions (3 at the opposite ends of thetie are further provided with vertically arranged, preterably hmlrical,pockets or depressions 8 which terminate in flanges or shoulders 9 whichare disposed a suitable distance from the lower wall of the tie, andeach of said shoulders is centrally provided with an opening 10. Thedepression 8 provides an annular or rounded pocket, and the sameterminates in a shoulder ll which is disposed a suitable distance belowthe dcpro-w sion, 7. Arranged within each of the poelnyls 8 are a pairof helical springs l3! and ll; respectively, the springs 11? being ol agreater size and strength than the springs l3 and the said springs 13are adapted to be received within the springs 12 and to have theirconvolutions or coils engage between the eonvolnlions or coils oflhespri if).

The numeral ll designates the rail clamps tor the tie. llach of theseclamps include a, stem 15 which has an upper centrally reduced portion il. to which pivolalbv sceureih as at ll. the cross sectionalsflllllcylindrical depending stems lt ol the clamp members ll. Theportions upon which the stems ltlare Formed are tint and disposed eachat a right angle to its respective stem. lhcse lint port-ions ll)receive the base flange ol' the rail it, and are provided at their outerlongitudinal edges with angular portions l9 which engage the upper Facesof the base flanges as well as the opposite sides at the rail and havetheir upper edges lie heneath the heads of the rail. it will be apparentthat the stems l8 ol the said members may be swung upon their pivots soas to receive the base llanges of the rails R otter which the angularportions 19' are oeaee'r swung over the base flanges of the rails, and

,tendency to force the spring 12 tightly against the wall provided bythe rounded opening 8. It will further be noted that the heads or upperportions of the clamping members for the rails will rest upon the upperends of the springs it being understood that the springs 12 and 13extend a suitable distance above the opening 8, and by .such anarrangement a desired amount of elasticitv is 'im arted to the rails andthe thumping or pounding of the rails, incident to the rolling stockpassing thereover is thus efi'ectively'overcome, and further that thesprings 13 tightly engaging with the stems 18 of the clamps prevent themovement of the clamps in opposite directiorui away from each other andso force the lips and lip ex tending portions of the clamps tightly intoengagement with the base flanges and webs of the rails. v

Having thus describedthe invention, what I claim is:

1, A metallic tie having its upper portion adjacent its ends providedwith a transverse depression forming t for a rail, the tie having ashoulder 'iihn arranged below the said seat and being further providedwith a depression which is surrounded by the shoulder,cxpansibleelements within the depression and extending ab ve the shoulder, railclamps, each of said rail clamps including a stem and pivoted headedmembers provided with integrally formed rail flange-engaging lips, andthe stem of the said engaging member as well as the shanks of the headportions of the sad members adapted to be received within thecompressible members and to have their heads rest upon the saidcomg'nessihle mcni hers, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A metallic tie having its end provided with a reduced portion forminga rail seat, the said rail being formed with an annular depressedportion disposed below its seat, a pair of helical spring members oneengaging the other and one of a greater strength than the other Idepression and projecting thereabo've, a

clamping somber for the tie, said clamping member en'ibodyi a roundedstem which is provided with an upper reduced portion, rail engagingelements including heads provided with lips and being provided withdepending stems which are pivotally connected with the reduced portionof the stem, the said lips and heads adapted to engage with the baseflanges of a rail, and the stem ot the clamping member as well. as thestems of the heads adapted to he received within the inner spring tocompress the same against the outer spring and to force the .outerspring into engagement with the wall of the annular depression of thetie.

3. The herein described construction of ties and rail clamps associatedwiththe ties, including a tie member havii'ig an opening, a recesscommunicating with the opening and a perforation in the lower wall ofthe recessed portion of the tie, a clamp embody ing a stem passingthrough the perforation,

disposed within the annular a stop pin for the stem, said sten'il'iaving a.

central reduced extension, a pair of all clamps each including a headedportion hav ing an angular ra l-engaging lip and an extension adapted tocontact withrthe web of the rail when the rail is seated upon the headsot the clamp, the heads of the clamp being provided with downturnedstems which have their outer faces rounded, the stems adapted to bearranged upon the opposite sides of the projection of the firstmentioned stem, a pivot connecting the clamp stems with the reducedportion of the main stem, a spring surrounding the stems and adapted toexert a tension upon the pivoted stems to force the clamp members towardeach other a second spring of a greater strength arranged within the dopression and surrounding the first men tioned spring and bearing betweenthe lower wall of the depression and the heads of the clamp.

in testimony wl'iereof l aflix my signature in presenceat two witnesses.

HARRY it. Vldltilflli.

Witnesses Z W'ILLIAM C. l ficltnrioas,

\ViLLiAi-u H. Marian.

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